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sexual assaults

noun

plural of sexual assault

as in violations

the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse convicted of sexual assault of a minor

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Matthew Unglesbee, a 36-year-old resident of Quincy in southwestern Illinois, was charged with violations related to false information and hoaxes and mailing threatening communications.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Although the cameras aren’t yet issuing official tickets — the program must undergo a 60-day warning period in November — preliminary testing data captured 100,000 speeding violations over the course of nine days last month.

— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

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Assaults are up, almost 2,500 assaults this year alone on police officers, felony assaults, and public servants in New York City.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Kansas City also ranked 176th in the assaults per capita metric, the fourth-lowest city in the metric.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026

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